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Page 48
... face , and she looked like a small , bewildered child . " I don't know what I mean , " she said quietly . " It's just something I feel . Like the feeling that Steep Hill is haunted . " She was silent for a moment , her dark head bent ...
... face , and she looked like a small , bewildered child . " I don't know what I mean , " she said quietly . " It's just something I feel . Like the feeling that Steep Hill is haunted . " She was silent for a moment , her dark head bent ...
Page 55
... face to face as though trying to follow a conversation in a foreign language . " You must take a good look at this view , " Sir Simon was saying . " Best in the house , to my way of thinking . Pity about the rain . " He shepherded Emmy ...
... face to face as though trying to follow a conversation in a foreign language . " You must take a good look at this view , " Sir Simon was saying . " Best in the house , to my way of thinking . Pity about the rain . " He shepherded Emmy ...
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... face was puckered into what looked like secret amusement . " It's rather fun to speculate , don't you think ? " Colin went on . " The only unnatural death that occurred round here recently was poor old Pete Rawnsley . You must have ...
... face was puckered into what looked like secret amusement . " It's rather fun to speculate , don't you think ? " Colin went on . " The only unnatural death that occurred round here recently was poor old Pete Rawnsley . You must have ...
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